With Sigil you can create new EPUB files and also open and edit exiting ebooks in formats like HTML, EPUB and TXT.

The application comes with a multi-tabbed interface that makes possible for you to open and view/edit different pages at same time, a book browser panel for an easy access to content and several view modes.

So you can display the content of your book as text, view the HTML/CSS source code separately or display both book text and code in the same tab.

As editing options, one can copy/paste text, change the font style, text direction and alignment type, create numbered/bulleted lists, increase/decrease paragraphs indent, use find and replace function, split and merge chapters, insert images or new pages into the content.

Other tools include a metadata editor, a TOC (table of contents) editor and also a cleaning tool for HTML code.

Pros:

multiple view modes

multi-tabbed interface

handy editing options

Cons

limited support for e-book formats

Additional info:

During the installation this program offers you to install toolbar(s). You may choose to install them or not

Author Description

Sigil is a multi-platform EPUB ebook editor with the a lot of features. Full EPUB 2 spec support, WYSIWYG editing in Book View, complete control read more...